Painting a Kato non-CSX AC4400 in CSX scheme: worth the effort?

[Anonymous]

I have been trying to acquire a CSX AC4400-9W by Kato. I would have preferred to get an original, but they are long discontinued and very hard to find [sigh]. What I want to know is: Does a CSX AC4400 look radically different from any of the ones that are currently available (UP/CN/BNSF/CEFX)? Or would some minor cosmetic surgery (i.e. repositioning the number boards) make it close enough to the real thing? I don't want to have to chop off large sections of the body shell.

[Anonymous]

To the best of my knowledge, Kato has not yet made an AC4400CW in CSX. They have, however, made a C44-9W. The CP version would be closest to CSX. Unfortunately, I don't think Kato makes an undecorated CP version. Details West makes the GE steerable radial truck. You might need those sideframes depending on which unit you model.